IPL: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi breaks this sixes record of Chris Gayle
What's the story
Rajasthan Royals (RR) teenager Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has entered records books in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Sooryavanshi now owns the most sixes in an IPL season. He has surpassed Chris Gayle, who had smashed 59 sixes in the IPL 2012 season. Sooryavanshi got past Gayle with his 7th six in the IPL 2026 Eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Wednesday.
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Sooryavanshi slams 97 versus SRH; smokes 12 sixes
Sooryavanshi completed a 16-ball fifty against SRH. He got to a half-century in the 4th over of RR's innings. He smashed pacer Sakib Hussain for three sixes in the over. He ended up scoring a 97-run knock off 29 balls, smoking 12 sixes (4s: 5).
Sixes
Most sixes in an IPL season
Sooryavanshi is now the 1st batter in IPL history to smack 60-plus sixes in a season. As mentioned, he bettered Gayle's record of 59. Most sixes in an IPL season 65 - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (2026) 59 - Chris Gayle (2012) 52 - Andre Russell (2019) 51 - Chris Gayle (2013) 45 - Jos Buttler (2022)
Runs
680 runs in IPL 2026
Sooryavanshi has raced to 680 runs from 15 matches in the IPL 2026 season at 45.33. He smashed his 4th half-century of the season (100s: 1). He owns 55 fours and 65 sixes with a strike rate of 242.85. Overall in the IPL, he has amassed 932 runs from 22 games at 42.36 (50s: 5, 100s: 2). He has amassed 89 IPL sixes.